"Send Me a Postcard and Don’t Forget to Sign It": Comments from a Current Schuyler Student

Summary

Throughout Robert Schuyler’s career he has mentored leading scholars in the field and continues the tradition of mentorship to this day. As one of his final PhD students, I’ve benefitted from his years of experience, his contribution to forging the discipline of historical archaeology, and his extensive network of former students. All have been invaluable to my growth as an archaeologist. With a liberal advising style, he expects his students to pursue their own research interests and specifically encouraged me to work in the French Caribbean. Schuyler furthermore instills in his students a commitment to historical archaeology: to its history, future potential, and to the SHA organization as a whole. This commitment, supported by Schuyler’s assertion that historical archaeology can be practiced anywhere within the modern world, gives me a unique approach to my work in French Guiana, where historical archaeology is a developing research program. 

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2017   •
• Historical Archaeologies of the Modern World:Celebrating the Career of Robert Schuyler

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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology

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